This deity agreed to relinquish control of his realm in exchange for a great hall, special foods cooked on a special fire, and direct access to heaven via a magic boat. One story about this deity describes the advice he offered to an animal that tricked crocodiles into lining up so he could leap from Oki to Inaba. That animal, the White Hare of Oki, promised the princess Yakami to this deity for helping him regenerate his hair with the pollen of cattails, but this deity's 80 brothers killed him by tricking him into thinking a superheated rock was a red boar, causing this deity to take refuge in the underworld. With the "Small Renown Man" Suku-na-biko, this deity helped cure disease and cultivate plants and crops in a certain area. He is more famous for gaining cont
This deity agreed to relinquish control of his realm in exchange for a great hall, special foods cooked on a special fire, and direct access to heaven via a magic boat. One story about this deity describes the advice he offered to an animal that tricked crocodiles into lining up so he could leap from Oki to Inaba. That animal, the White Hare of Oki, promised the princess Yakami to this deity for helping him regenerate his hair with the pollen of cattails, but this deity's 80 brothers killed him by tricking him into thinking a superheated rock was a red boar, causing this deity to take refuge in the underworld. With the "Small Renown Man" Suku-na-biko, this deity helped cure disease and cultivate plants and crops in a certain area. He is more famous for gaining control of that area after tying a certain storm god's hair to the rafters of his house and running off with Suseri-Hime. Also known as "the Great Land Master," for 10 points, identify this son-in-law of Susanowo who was given control of the Izumo Province and that later ceded control of the seen world to Ninigi.
This deity agreed to relinquish control of his realm in exchange for a great hall, special foods cooked on a special fire, and direct access to heaven via a magic boat.
{Oh}-{kuni}-{nushi} or {Okuninushi}